Gianni Canova

Gianni Canova is one of Italy's most important and famous film critics. He's known for creating and directing film magazines like "Duel" and "Duellanti". He wrote cinema essays for a number of journals like Rolling Stone, Vogue, Segnocinema, Corriere della Sera, La Voce, Il Sole 24 Ore. He worked in television on MTV, Telepiù, Netsystem, My-TV and he's a TV host for Sky Cinema. Meanwhile he's a professor of cinema at IULM University both in the bachelor's degrees and the master's degrees, since 2018 he's also the dean of the university. In the past he taught cinema at "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" and Università Bocconi. He's also part of the council of MiBACT (italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities) and from 2002 to 2014 he was the curator of several multi-medial exhibitions, mostly at the "Triennale di Milano".

Istintobrass (2013)

One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An anarchist of the film, a gifted experimenter, an inventor of dreams. A truly great artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimiliano Zanin
CAST:  Tinto Brass  •  Helen Mirren  •  Ken Adam  •  Franco Nero

One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An anarchist of the film, a gifted experimenter, an inventor of dreams. A truly great artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimiliano Zanin
CAST:  Tinto Brass  •  Helen Mirren  •  Ken Adam  •  Franco Nero

Burning Love (2015)

July 2006. Leonardo Zuliani has vanished. The news from Trastevere in Rome turns into a real national emergency, while a huge throng of followers gathers around the young activist’s house. His mother is beside herself with grief and the entire neighbourhood is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Caviglia
CAST:  Davide Giordano  •  Anna Ferruzzo  •  Bianca Nappi  •  Mimosa Campironi

July 2006. Leonardo Zuliani has vanished. The news from Trastevere in Rome turns into a real national emergency, while a huge throng of followers gathers around the young activist’s house. His mother is beside herself with grief and the entire neighbourhood is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Caviglia
CAST:  Davide Giordano  •  Anna Ferruzzo  •  Bianca Nappi  •  Mimosa Campironi

Goodbye Marilyn (2018)

Marilyn Monroe didn't leave us in the summer of '62. She decided to disappear from the scene and has been living far from her fans for fifty years, until the day that a letter convinces her to give one final interview...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Di Razza
CAST:  Gianni Canova  •  Maria Pia Di Meo

Marilyn Monroe didn't leave us in the summer of '62. She decided to disappear from the scene and has been living far from her fans for fifty years, until the day that a letter convinces her to give one final interview...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Di Razza
CAST:  Gianni Canova  •  Maria Pia Di Meo

27 aprile Racconto di un evento (2014)

The documentary starts from the sanctification of Pope Giovanni XXIII and Pope Giovanni Paolo II and tells the scenes on the figures of the two saints and popes of Pope Francesco I, with a stock image of three Popes enriched with new images of Pope Francesco I at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Viotto
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Dario Fo  •  Pupi Avati  •  Gianni Canova

The documentary starts from the sanctification of Pope Giovanni XXIII and Pope Giovanni Paolo II and tells the scenes on the figures of the two saints and popes of Pope Francesco I, with a stock image of three Popes enriched with new images of Pope Francesco I at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Viotto
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Dario Fo  •  Pupi Avati  •  Gianni Canova

About Max (2019)

The intimate and passionate portrait of the late Max Croci in a documentary that recalls the human and cultural depth with the testimonies of friends and colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nils Hartmann
CAST:  Max Croci  •  Ambra Angiolini  •  Luca Argentero  •  Stefano Fresi

The intimate and passionate portrait of the late Max Croci in a documentary that recalls the human and cultural depth with the testimonies of friends and colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nils Hartmann
CAST:  Max Croci  •  Ambra Angiolini  •  Luca Argentero  •  Stefano Fresi

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DIRECTION:  Gianni Canova
CAST:  Checco Zalone